Œneus

== English == === Alternative forms === Oeneus Oineus === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Οἰνεύς (Oineús). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛnˌjuːs/ === Proper noun === Œneus (Greek mythology) King of Calydon; husband of Althaea. 1794, Pausanias, The Description of Greece, (translated from Greek) volume I, chapter XXV, page #206: For they ſay, that Œneus who reigned in Ætolia, being driven from his kingdom by the ſons of Agrius, fled to Diomed at Argos; and that Diomed led an army into Calydonia, and revenged the injuries of Œneus, but told him, that he could not remain in his dominions.